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Track Listings
| 1. Watch Me As I Fall |
| 2. Still Moving |
| 3. How Could I Ever |
| 4. Deeper and Deeper |
| 5. Tears in a Bottle |
| 6. The Cutter |
| 7. Bombay Dreaming |
| 8. Choose To Be Alone |
| 9. Go Down Easy |
| 10. Unchain My Heart |
| 11. Spit It Out |
| 12. Crimes Against Nature |
| 13. Train on the Move |
| 14. Blind Willie McTell |
| 15. We Don't Walk Alone |
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'Durga Rising' is an Indo-Jazz adventure featuring acclaimed vocalist Barb Jungr and leading Indian percussionist Kuljit Bhamra. It's a unique mix of European, Asian, Jazz, Blues, Bhangra and RnB musical influences and as well as original material it also includes interpretations of classic contemporary tracks by the likes of Echo and the Bunnymen, John Martyn and Bob Dylan.
Barb Jungr and Kuljit Bhamra aren't the most obvious musical bedfellows: Jungr is a leading exponent of the jazz art-song tradition, whereas tabla player and producer Bhamra, is a distinguished pioneer of the British Asian music scene. Back in the mid-1990s however, the pair came together in a wildly adventurous sonic collaboration that saw them merge Asian, cabaret, blues and plain old pop music influences in a singularly eclectic fusion of sounds. The resulting album, 'Durga Rising' (Durga is the name of a powerful Hindu goddess), was deemed by critics to be ahead of its time. Its reissue this month in an expanded form includes tracks such as Echo And The Bunnyinen's "The Cutter", in a euphoric, cello-led, raga-flavoured arrangement, John Martyn's "Go Down Easy" and Dylan's brooding "Blind Willie McTell" with utterly distinctive reworkings. A musically uplifting album without genre boundaries.
"Viscous Raga Rhythms...Earthy but Exultant." - All Music
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A varied and high-class musical surprise!,
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This review is from: Durga Rising - An Indo-Jazz Adventure (Audio CD)
I considered myself a Barb Jungr fan, and I know Russell Churney from the Julian Clary show, but I didn't know about this album! What a lovely surprise it is. Kuljit Bhamra adds a beautiful Indian flavour to the classy jazz and pop that makes up most of the album. There are some great covers too. Barb is great with Bob Dylan songs as we've all seen recently and her version of "Blind Willie McTell" on here is wonderfully atmospheric. So is her version of John Martyn's languid "Go Down Easy". But the originals are superb too. "Choose To Be Alone" is a bitter love song, but very comical too. Several songs wouldn't be out of place in the charts. Well the charts of the classic era of the '60s and '70s anyway! "Watch Me As I Fall" is, well, hypnotic and "Tears In A Bottle" sounds like a West Coast American orchestral pop hit from 1969. There are some nice experimental bits too, without getting too weird, and even some raunchy blues. I haven't heard a better, more interesting, all-round album for a long time.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Durga Rising,
This review is from: Durga Rising - An Indo-Jazz Adventure (Audio CD)
Durga Rising is a fantastic combination of Indo-jazz music. This c.d is an update of the original version which was ahead of it's time, with additional tracks - Watch me as I fall, How could I ever, Deeper and deeper and We don't walk alone. It contains Barb's best interpretation of 'Blind Willie McTell while Bombay Dreaming is an extremely catchy song, a great marriage of Indo and Jazz music styles.The combination of cultures works due to Kuljit Bhamra's talent as a percussionist of Asian music and Barb's unique interpretations of songs. Look out for the live shows of Durga Rising which truly enhance the interprtation of the joint styles
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